“My poem, ‘God is Always,’ is about someone who was formerly very devout in their faith, but the chaos in life got them down, so they abandoned their beliefs and they were very sad and confused,” Grubb said. “However, when they abandoned what they believed in, they ended up feeling more lost and more confused than ever before, which caused them to return to faith, and they ended up feeling renewed and safe and loved.”

Rebecca’s poem began as a few thoughts she jotted down in a notebook during her senior year of high school.

“I didn’t plan on it being a finished poem, it was just a general idea,” she said. “I didn’t go back to it until my first semester in college, and I looked at what a different place I was in compared to high school.”

While in high school, Rebecca said she could have easily related to the hopeless feeling the narrator had in the poem, but she did a lot of growing up between high school and college.

“I wanted to add to it and give it a different spin,” she said. “I wanted it to portray something of hope, love and security. So, technically, I wrote it in between the end of high school and the beginning of college.”

Rebecca admits having feelings of doubt herself, and used those feelings in her writings.

“I needed to turn my attitude around and live life, instead of being whiny. It’s important to find out who you are and then be true to yourself,” said Rebecca. “Writing makes me happy and that’s what life is all about — manifesting your dreams."

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Next, Rebecca decided to try her hand at getting published after a friend mentioned Chamberton Publishers in California.

“An acquaintance of mine mentioned that a publishing house was open for submissions, so I simply checked it out and gave it a try,” she said. “I didn’t need a literary agent for a poem, so I could contact the house’s staff directly regarding my submission.”

She admits she was nervous, but the publishers responded quickly, telling her they liked her piece.

“Later that fall, it was published in the Lamplight Anthology,” Rebecca said.

Rebecca hopes to transfer to Rowan University after graduating from GCC to study either English or communications, and eventually become a novelist.

“Lamplight: A Golden Light Anthology” is available at Amazon.com for Kindle for $3.99.